Worst/most embarassing courtesy car thread

[Toaster Pilot]

My current mode of transport:



I can feel the hate from the anti-Motability types as I drive it around

[thinfourth2]

Considering your daily driver its not exactly a huge downgrade

[Toaster Pilot]

thinfourth2 said:

Considering your daily driver its not exactly a huge downgrade

Yeah but talk about kicking a man when he's down

[vrooom]

Hyundai I10? sweet engine and handling but bit of body roll. very noisey road noise though.

[Toaster Pilot]

vrooom said:

Hyundai I10? sweet engine and handling but bit of body roll. very noisey road noise though.

Unbelievable amounts of body roll especially compared with my old Picanto which I thought it shared a lot of components with. I agree on the road noise too, much noiser than my Picanto was.

The car itself is an adequate courtesy car, it could do without the Motability decals on every panel!

[Chicane-UK]

My dad always says a second class drive is always better than a first class walk. Hard to argue with that tbh.

[Trevor450]

When I used to take my Beetle in for service repairs I used to get a silver 1978 VW Derby with a blue velour interior. This was in 1993.

[ruff'n'smov]

Should be the only available Motability vehicle unless the disability prevents you from driving such a vehicle on safety reasons (obesity should not be one of those reasons)

[Little Bob]

Many years ago I dropped a Honda Accord off at the dealer for a service having already asked for a courtesy car.

For a second I thought I was being given an S2000, as the sales chap pointed the remote at a nice gunmetal one as we walked toward it

But the bleep came from just behind the S2000...a Honda Jazz.

Great.

In metallic pink.

Double great.

[KaraK]

My old Subaru dealer used to use C3 courtesy cars.. Worst. Car. Ever

[Deva Link]

Toaster Pilot said:

The car itself is an adequate courtesy car, it could do without the Motability decals on every panel!

I guess the upside is that no-one would query parking it in disabled spots.

[Deva Link]

Little Bob said:

For a second I thought I was being given an S2000, as the sales chap pointed the remote at a nice gunmetal one as we walked toward it

They'd have to be mental to let someone loose in an S2000.

[MrMoonyMan]

I've never been given anything too bad.

A few 'sheds' from various places but they're always good fun.

The scariest moment I've ever had was when I dropped off my car which was circa 300hp and was given a KA.

'Weee' thought I as I hit both the first and second roundabout between the garage and the M25. Was having a great time with the way they handled.

About 2 minutes later the reality of 60(?)hp and the different attitudes needed when joining a motorway were firmly rammed home..

[tr7v8]

Hard to choose. La Rose used to have a crappy Mk2 Golf which had done 160K which was dire. Then when the Scimitar SS1 was having a new hood they loaned me a Triumph Herald 12/50 with no indicators. I drove from their place in Egham onto the Egham bypass turned around & dumped it straight back. Not in a million years was I driving it back to Chatham, I'd have died!

[JREwing]

A high spec V8 Discovery going for a Punto was an irritance, but nothing more.

[Rich n Em]

Having crashed my poor Alfa over Christmas, I'm currently rocking a 1.3 litre, diesel Corsa...

The horror.

[davepoth]

1998 Nissan Micra 1.0, with a locked radio, virtually no clutch, and a heater that smelled of wet dog. That was in 2011. I now use a garage that doesn't provide courtesy cars.

[Razzy Man]

Insurance people gave me at the time (was 18) quite a shocker of a car. I had a mk4 1.6 golf auto, s reg, in okay condition, worth a couple of grand and certainly nothing special, nevertheless it got written off by a lad that was a right pillock. Insurance co made sure a 2 year old alfa 159, 2.4 diesel auto rocked up at my house, a car that was then probably worth around 20k+ if not a lot more. I rang up and asked them if they were having a laugh, but no they were serious. Gave it back after 2 days when i had another look at the hire contract.

[pops and bangs]

thinfourth2 said:

Considering your daily driver its not exactly a huge downgrade

[Ari]

ruff'n'smov said:

Should be the only available Motability vehicle unless the disability prevents you from driving such a vehicle on safety reasons (obesity should not be one of those reasons)

Go on then. Because...